1. Continuous evaluation model

Classes start on time. Late arrival or early exit is not admitted, except reasonable justification.

Continuous evaluation will be carried out throughout the fourth months. This requires regular attendance at classes (80%) and the completion of the activities detailed below.

Continuous evaluation activities (50% of the final mark). There are 3 types of continuous evaluation activities:

• Two individual activities: 2 practical exercises (resolution of cases, 40% of the final mark, specifically 15% the first and 25% the second).
• Seminar group activities: In each seminar, students will be asked to carry out activities such as case law search and analysis of courts’ ruling, or to prepare a mock trial. In order to prepare or to complete seminars’ activities, student may be asked to work before or after each seminar. With the purpose of enhancing the learning process, practical exercises on specific cases will also be proposed. These activities will represent the 10% of the final mark).
• Final overall test: multiple choice (50%).

Students who fail to appear for even just one evaluation activity will be allowed to resit only if the absence is justifiable. Students will be assessed as long as they have completed a set of activities whose weight is equivalent to a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade of the subject. If the value of the activities carried out does not reach this threshold, the teacher of the subject can consider the student as not evaluable.

2. Rules for passing the course and re-evaluation

In order to pass the course, students will need to obtain a 5 as the minimum mark

To add up the marks, students will need to obtain, at least, a mark of 2/5 in the multiple-choice exam (4/10).

If the mark of the multiple-choice exam is lower than 2, students must resit.

If the mark in the multiple-choice exam is equal to or higher than 2, but with the aggregation of the other marks the grade is less than 5, students must resit. In this case, they will be asked to analyse and solve a case and/or to complete a multiple-choice exam.

Cheating at any evaluation activity will imply a fail mark (0) and students will lose the right to a new assessment. Each case of plagiarism will be assessed. In the most serious cases, students will be given a fail mark (0) and will lose the right to resit.

3. Single assessment

Students who opt for the single evaluation will be evaluated on the basis of 3 activities to be carried out in 3 hours on the same day scheduled for the final exam:

• A multiple-choice exam, the same done by students who opt for the continuous evaluation (50% of the final mark). 1 h
• The resolution of cases (50% of the final mark). 2 h

Similar to other students, also students who opt for the single evaluation model will have right to teachers’ attention and support throughout the semester, according to the tutorial schedule.

4.Use of generative artificial intelligence tools

The use of generative artificial intelligence tools in this course must be responsible, critical and transparent. Students may use these tools to support the initial search for ideas, the organisation of their work, linguistic revision or the improvement of clarity of expression, but not as a substitute for personal work, independent legal analysis or the autonomous preparation of assessable activities. When such tools are used, students must expressly state that they have used them and explain how they contributed to the submitted work. Undeclared, excessive or authorship-replacing use may be considered contrary to the rules of academic integrity.